FATAL HEAD-ON CRASH ON ROUTE 72 EAST OF BIG TIMBER RD, NEAR GILBERTS, PINGREE GROVE IN RUTLAND TOWNSHIP

FRI FEB 20 2015 ~3:15 PM
RUTLAND-DUNDEE TOWNSHIP FPD
FATAL HEAD-ON CRASH
42.100085,-88.394755 (ROUTE 72 AND BIG TIMBER RD PINGREE GROVE, IL)

INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALS A 17-YR-OLD DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF A MERCEDES C320 ON A CURVE ON HIGGINS RD ABOUT 600 YARDS EAST OF BIG TIMBER ROAD.

THE MERCEDES C320 EASTBOUND ON ROUTE 72 VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT A WESTBOUND TOYOTA FJ CRUISER HEAD-ON.

THE TOYOTA FJ CRUISER WAS THEN REAR-ENDED BY A CHEVY CHROME.

A 5-YR-OLD GIRL IN A CAR SEAT WAS KILLED IN THE TOYOTA FJ CRUISER. HER FATHER DRIVING THE TOYOTA FJ CRUISER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS IDENTIFIED AS GABRIELLE HORVATH.

THE DRIVER OF THE MERCEDES WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHERMAN HOSPITAL.

DRIVER OF CHEVY TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE SCENE.

PINGREE GROVE AND COUNTRYSIDE FPD WAS ALSO ON THE SCENE.

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